A man was shot dead in the early hours of Halloween, on Modesto Vélez street in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau reported. The killing was reported at about 12:38 AM. Saturday through a 9-1-1 Emergency System call describing a gunshot victim. Officers who arrived at the scene found the body of a man on the ground, shot and without vital signs, according to the police report.
The victim has not been identified. He was described as a man with a tan complexion, five feet six inches tall and weighing approximately 200 pounds. At the time of the events he was wearing a black polo shirt, long blue jeans and black athletic shoes.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crime continues, police said. Agent Héctor Cappas, assigned to the Homicide Division of the Criminal Investigations Corps of Ponce, and prosecutor Jennifer Ortiz Rivera took charge of the investigation.